AP World History Chapter 24 Global Links and

AP World History Chapter 24 Global Links and Imperialism 1750 -1900

Prototype: The Dutch Advance on Java Dutch • Initially pay tribute to ruler of Mataram • Take part in political rivalry • Intervene in succession wars • By 1750, dominate • Males marry indigenous women

Pivot of World Empire: The Rise of the British Rule in India British East India Company • end of Mughal Empire • Sepoys – Indian troops trained in European-style fighting 1757, Plassey • Robert Clive defeats Bengal ruler • British control Bengal Males marry indigenous women

The Consolidation of British Rule Mughal decline gives British opportunity • Presidencies • Capitals: Madras, Bombay, Calcutta • Rest of India indirectly ruled

Social Reform in the Colonies British forced to take direct control • 1770 s, famine in Bengal • British East India Company – Accountable to British government • Indians excluded from administration Evangelical religion • Social reform • End to slave trade • End to sati sought Watershed • Attempt to reshape colonial society

Unequal Combat: Colonial Wars and the Apex of European • Imperialism Mass-produced weapons • Machine gun Railroads, steam ships

Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870 -1914

Patterns of Dominance: Continuity and Change "Tropical dependencies" • Africa, Asia, South Pacific • Europeans rule indigenous peoples Settler colonies • "White Dominions" – e. g. Canada, Australia – Inhabitants mostly Europeans Second type • e. g. Algeria, Kenya, Southern Rhodesia • Large numbers of Europeans • Large indigenous numbers – Increase over time • Increasing conflict

Settler Colonies in South Africa and the Pacific, Relations varied • Disease decimates in some cases • Some native peoples Westernized • Some more resistant

South Africa Afrikaners • Enslave Khoikhoi British rule • Attempt to end slavery • Afrikaners resist – Move inland: Great Trek – Conflict with Bantu • British more involved Afrikaners form republics • Discovery of diamonds and gold • Boer wars (1899 -1902)

Pacific Tragedies New Zealand • 1790 s, first Europeans • Alcoholism, prostitution spread • Maoris adopt firearms • 1850 s, change – British farmers, herders arrive – Maoris pushed into interior – Adopt European culture Hawaii • James Cook • Prince Kameha – Westernization – 1810, rules Hawaiian kingdom – Disease devastates population • Shift – Asian workers – American settlers – Push for annexation – Weak rulers pushed out – 1893, last ruler deposed – 1898, annexed by United States

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